DAN 211-R / Modern Dance 2 / Spring 2026

   Unit: Isadora Duncan Theme: The Parthenon Marbles   I Warm Up Alignment Stretching     II   Learning Objectives   Understand the importance of the Parthenon Marbles in the origin of Modern Dance Explain how using the marbles as a reference one can create a dance language Gain awareness of the transitions that need to be made when designing shapes based on the marbles Experience the adaptation of these shapes to an ensemble phrase Reflect on the work done in class     III  Main Lesson 1 Question 1  Why are the Parthenon Marbles important for dance studies?    2   3   Hitler's Dancers: German Modern Dance and the Third Reich   Lilian Karina and Marion Kant  Read: Preface (Page xi)  https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hitler_s_Dancers/N8f_bKK2fnEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=modern+Dance&printsec=frontcover Karina, Lilian and Marion Kant Question 2 Summarize page xi of the preface.  ------...

        Unit: Partnering Theme: Waltz, Polka, Tango, Salsa   I Introduction   Dance partnering is dancing performed by two or more dancers that strive to achieve a harmony of coordinated movements. Typically, the technique used for a particular dance style is generally focused on either communication between partners or physical support of one partner by the other   II Learning Objectives  Understand the importance of the relationship in partnering Explain how achieving partnering depends on the harmony of coordinated movements.  Gain awareness of the importance that free-form dances have when deciding and communicating the sequence of figures to be danced. Experience the role of partnering in social dances Reflect on the work done in class III Main Lesson 1 Warm Up Alignment  Stretching   2 Waltz  https://youtu.be/rz4BJBF4bag?si=UlFUNMBzo09-Ue9e   https://youtu.be/rz4BJBF4bag?si=UlFUNMBzo09-Ue9e   Question 1 A...

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     REVIEW Watch the following video. Analysis Students discuss among themselves Mary Wigman's ideas about dance. Using the questions below as prompts, they write about them and post their reflections on Discussion Board. Mary Wigman Question 1 Write your response to Wigman's dance performance in this video. I    Unit: Expressionist Dance Theme: Ceremonies, Movement, Dance and Word   II Introduction    Kurt Jooss and Mary Wigman were both students of Rudolph Laban. While Wigman left Laban and created her own movement theory, Jooss continued collaborating with Laban until he created his own company.  Kurt's most international piece, The Green Table, was inspired by the medieval artwork “Lubeck’s Dance of Death” and Germany’s collapsed economy.    III Learning Objectives   Understand the application of the idea of " dance as a ceremony" Explain how " naturalistic movement, large-scale unison and characterization" bring ...

      Assessment  Theme: Mid-Term Quiz    I Introduction Every semester I assess your understanding of the content covered so far. Just right before the progress report's dead line, you test your own abilities to retain some of the themes we have learned and experienced together.   Today's quiz evaluates how efficient I have been in communicating ideas about Modern Dance based on your responses to the questions below.   II Objectives Understand the nature of self-assessment Make sense of the various concepts explored in class Gather an awareness of assessment that is conducive to further learning Experience what is like to put into practice the content learned in class   III Review Concepts Developed by Rudolff Laban   Choreutics: Laban defined choreutics as “the practical study of harmonized movement.” Latter day colleagues of Laban’s, such as Valerie Preston-Dunlop and Vera Maletic, have delineated Choreutics respectively as t...

    Review (Part 1)   Choreutics  The Cube  Trace Forms Diagonal Movement Scales  Kinesphere Art Nouveau  Elements of Dance: Space (levels, directions, focus, pathways, size)   Breath patterning assists the coordination of the internal body that is vital in human movement. Functionally, every inhalation and exhalation is a complex event Patterns of Body Connectivity       Review (Part 2)  Rudolff Laban Trace Forms 4 Components of Human Movement 8 Efforts Mary Wigman Expressionist Feelings     1. What is expressionism? expression allowed to break from tradition and explain avante-garde art. It also allowed it to override impressionism. 2. What aspect of Schonberg's music could have influenced Wigman's ideas about dance? Schonberg’s music could have influenced Wigman’s ideas about dance because it gave moments of pause for breath and allowed to create movement that allows to explore choreography that can tell ...